Changing the oil filler cap on your car is an easy way to add some colour to your engine bay. The stock black plastic cap works nicely but it's a bit boring, especially when you open the bonnet at a car show or meet. It's nice to have a bit of shininess. With the NC using the MZR engine the oil cap is a twist/push fitment rather than the more common screw type. This means you need to do a bit more searching for oil caps than normal as you don't want to end up buying the wrong type! Sickspeed are based in the USA and carry a range of colourful accessories, mostly in universal fitment. You can find a nice selection of gear knobs, dress up washers, seat belt pads, car horns, aerials etc on their website: Sickspeed.com I didn't order directly through their website as they seemed to be having some issues with it, so I resorted to an eBay store by the name of Auto Stars Outlet, here's the link: Auto Stars The store has good feedback and lists stuff on eBay.co.uk but is based in the USA so you'll have to wait a while to get your parts. I ordered my oil cap on 27th April and it arrived on 9th May so that's pretty good for the money. The total cost to me was just under $18 which translates to £11.60. Let's take a look at what you get for your money... |
Here's the oil cap, first impressions were good. It's a solid piece of aluminium nicely polished and comes pre-fitted with an o-ring. You also get a sticky logo to add once you have fitted the cap so you get the orientation right, a wonky logo just wouldn't do! It came with a sticker too, but mine was all folded up and had a rip in it, no worries there I'm sure I'll find somewhere to stick it - probably on my laptop that I used to write this blog. Let's take a closer look... |
You can see the twist/push fitment here, it takes a quarter turn to secure it. Think of all that time you will save not having to unscrew your oil cap. Would I recommend it? Yes for just over a tenner I'd say so. You can pay upto £60 for some oil caps (AutoExe I'm looking at you!!) and you could argue whether those are worth it, but for the money I think this is really nice. It's also not trying to imitate something like the fake HKS type caps you can find in some markets. |